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Aoi Bungaku Series

Season 1, Episode Number 1 (No Longer Human - Chapter 1: Double Suicide in Kamakura)

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Released: 2009-10-10

Runtime: 24 minutes

Episode Overview

A high school student becomes lost and alienated. Despondent and aimless, he falls into a cycle of self abuse, depression and drugs that taints his life for years.

Series Overview

An animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) and Run, Melos (Hashire, Melos) by Osamu Dazai, Kokoro by Natsume Souseki, Hell Screen (Jigoku Hen) and The Spider's Thread (Kumo no Ito) by Ryunosuke Akutagawa and In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom (Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita) by Ango Sakaguchi.

Genres

  • Animation
  • Drama
  • Mystery

Production Companies

  • Studio Amo ()
  • Threelight Holdings (JP)
  • Aoi Bungaku Series Committee ()
  • Hakuhodo DY Media Partners (JP)
  • Happinet Pictures (JP)
  • McRAY (JP)
  • movic (JP)
  • MTI Co., Ltd. (JP)
  • Visionare ()
  • Nippon Animation (JP)
  • Madhouse (JP)

Additional Information

Popularity: 4.9199

Vote Average: 6.705 (22 votes)

Status: Ended

Homepage: http://www.ntv.co.jp/bungaku/